IMO, it boils down to this: Would you rather eat something that can think(animals), or something that can't think(plants, crop)? Thoughts?
Def. something that thinks. That way I can get their knowledge haha just kidding. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes. If you dont like meat then dont eat it. If you like meat eat it.
As Joseph Campbell once aptly said, life feeds on life. Whether you are killing a stalk of corn, or a duck, you are killing. The distinction between animals and plants is, I think, a constructed one. It is an unfortunate thing that to live, we feed on living things. That said, I understand vegetarians. Myself, I eat everything. My hope is that what I eat lived, and died, well - and my efforts are made this way.
A well-balanced diet must include both animal and vegetable food. I eat from a gourmet perspective, whatever is tasty is good to me. From health perspective, there are dietary supplements.
Actually, that's not true. The principal problem with a strictly vegetarian diet is achieving the full complex of proteins needed for growth, repair and other essential functions. It is not all that difficult to achieve, but certainly more difficult than for an omnivore. Vegans simply need to watch their food mix to ensure they are getting adequate amounts of complete proteins.
My parents are vegetarian. Vegeterianism costs a heck lot more than eating normal I like normal food. I could never be a vegetarian...hmm BBQ...
I almost stay away from meat, although I still have it about once or twice a week. Mainly red meat because of the digestion problems and such. But eating organic does feel great.
Look in your mouth. Your teeth are most likely omnivorous and those canine teeth aren't saying "If it had a face it isn't food".
would you want me to cook them for you? Will you still be considered a vegetarian if you eat some eggs? well .. those things dont think, right? or maybe not.
Obviously, plants are living creatures but they can't think. Would you rather eat them or something that can think like an animal which goes through all that pain & agony.
Are you sure thinking is your criterion, not sentience? Either way - I eat both plants and animals. And I work to foster an attitude that everything matters - from the way a pig was raised to the way a lobster dies in my kitchen. I cook, I hunt; when I do either, I draw from life that lived free and well; and I work to ensure I kill well.
Yes, as a person needs to choose between those to ensure his survival. Would you kill a chicken or a human being for food? Chicken ofcourse because it's intellect isn't as developed as ours.
I haven't eaten a steak for over 3 years now.. I don't like to eat meat, it just grosses me out now. I used to eat a hamburger nearly every day, but one day I stopped eating it and I hate it now. You lose taste for it if you don't eat it for a long time..
Very poor example. If you are going to use physical features as a guide, then you have to assume that humans are hunters, since their eyes are positioned in the front, and not on the sides like most plant eating animals.
Then I would have to ask where is the dividing line? Where on the evolutionary scale of "thinking" would you believe it appropriate to consume the creature? How much "intelligence," and how do you measure it, before the creature is spared the knife?